problems setting amp

[micah 10+ year member]

trying to set my brutus using a dmm and 50hz sine wave.

disconnecting the power wire from the sub, everything is set as it should be. im making sure dmm is set to ac v~.

every single time i hook up the dmm it puts the amp in protect. i have to turn everything off then back on. and my dmm never says anything.

help me please /beg

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[micah 10+ year member]

anyone?

id like to get this done today, been running my amp turned down until i had time to set it right

 

[micah 10+ year member]

!!

 

[micah 10+ year member]

**** im stumped lol

anyone else ever had this problem?

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Never heard of this before.......

Sure you're plugging the DMM into the right spots //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[micah 10+ year member]

+ and - speaker terminals >

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Are you sure you have a good DMM? Try borrowing someone else's and see if the same thing happens. My only guess is that the DMM is shorting out the amp's speaker terminals, which would mean the DMM would have to have a problem internally.

 

[micah 10+ year member]

well i just bought it and opened it heh, i would hope its not bad. ill see if i can get my hands on another one.

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

if you put it in to read how many ohms it is.. i think it might do that? i'm not sure im just assuming it would becuz a DMM sends current to the device and recieves it so i guess its like shorting or connecting the terminals together?? i dunno just a guess.. can it read other devices' voltage drops?

 

[micah 10+ year member]

havent tried it with anything else :\